The Guptas

In the spirit of giving thanks, we have once again created our masterpiece Thanksgiving turkey on our fridge. Who needs fancy decorations when you could have this looking back at you everyday? Just sayin'.

Anyway, each day of November sees the Gupta kids thinking about what is good in their lives. Over their oatmeal we fill in a feather - Amiya tells us what she is thankful for and Kev tells us what he loves (thankful is still sort of abstract for him). Then the feather goes up and all month long we see our previously naked turkey become more and more plump with all that is good in our life.

In no particular order, here are Amiya's thoughts:

Having a great family

School supplies

Having a low risk of hurricanes

Having enough books to read

Water

A Daddy who is understanding

Friends

Having enough money

Shelter

Insurance

Having enough food to eat

Being healthy

Giving and getting

A family who loves me

Enough clothes and shoes in good shape

Movies

Principals

Problems

Teachers

Second chances

Mrs. Boatright (her main teacher)

Spirit

Kev

Grown-Ups

Myself (she put herself on there)

Josie (a good friend)

Uncle Mikey

And Kev, a bit more random, but fully representative of who he is:

Mommy and Daddy

Mommy and Daddy (we made his list twice! My ego is assuaged for not making Amiya's at all!)

Puzzles

Marshmallows

Gymnastics

Brody (best friend ever)
Hugs

Having super, super animals

Elephants

Didi (Amiya)

Miss Ashley and Miss Mae (His fantastic preschool teachers)

Miss Ashley (On the list again!)

Miss Mae (And again! Should I be jealous?!?!?)

Miss Erin (Brody's Mommy)

Santa Claus

Giraffes

Hilani (a friend from preschool)

Colonel Haathi (from The Jungle Book)
Gooses (would not let me put geese)

Princesses

Didi's MP3 Player

Going to California (um, what? when? shouldn't I know about this?)

Friends

Library Books

Hugs

Chana

Uncle Mikey

They would have each put Uncle Mikey on every feather if they could have - Uncle Mikey is coming today and they have both asked at least eleventy million times if he's here yet. There's some serious love from these kids to their uncle!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone - I hope today is full of moments of gratitude. The glass is way more than half full, don't you think?